Game Of Survival The Originals (Book Two)

The Brothers That Care Forgot Part Two

In the Bayou, Aiden, Jackson and Hayley were outside of Jackson's trailer, discussing their current problems.

"The wolves are freaking out. They know it had to be an insider who took down Vincent last night, seeing as no one could have been anywhere near him." Aiden told them.

"Did anyone suspect it was you?" Jackson asked.

"No, not yet. But, they're gonna figure it out, which pretty much means I'm screwed unless we come up with a plan." Aiden shakes his head and sighed.

"Call a meeting. The whole pack, tonight. If they're so scared, now's the perfect time to convince them they need to ditch Esther."Hayley suggested Aiden holds up his hand, on which he wears a moonlight ring and said "She gave them moonlight rings."

"Well, those rings make you slaves."Hayley remarked.

"No! They make us powerful. We were exiles before, but now we run the city! The vampires are scared of us, and nobody, including me, is just gonna walk away from that because..." Aiden raises his voice out of frustration.

Jackson, looking annoyed, stands and approaches Aiden before interrupting him "Set the damn meeting."

Jackson walks away. Hayley gives Aiden a look before she catches up with him near the dock of the pond, where he has just opened a can of beer. 

"So, are you gonna work on a rousing speech, or just get day-drunk?" Hayley asked with her arms crossed and he shrugs "Little bit of both."

She snatches the beer from him and looks at him in concern and said "Jack, it's ten A.M."

Jackson turns away from her and goes to lean against the boat house. Next to him is a small table covered in books, and he grabs a brown, leather-bound journal off of the top of a pile.

"You know, for months, I wrote down every single word Ansel said. The entire history of our people. If only I'd known he was Klaus' father, I would have asked him a hell of a lot more. You know, I was up all night looking through this, trying to find something, anything that will help me figure out how to get our people back together." Jackson says as he tosses the book back onto the table

"Let me guess...no such luck?" Hayley asked.

"Nothing viable. And now, Ansel's dead... along with Ollie. So, forgive me if I need a beer, 'cause right now, I can use all the help I can get." Jackson sighed.

Jackson grabs his drink and walks away. Once he's out of sight, Hayley surreptitiously grabs the brown leather journal so she can read it.

The hybrid girl sat around the boat house. She was quietly reading the written pages. A certain passage catches her eyes: The werewolves power can be traced back to the myth of the Unification Ceremony, a ritual that bestowed certain unique abilities onto every member of the pack. Hayley was shocked, realizing that there was a way of saving the pack. The hybrid girl hold the book and stands up, walking back to Jackson who is chopping firewood near his trailer.

"You wanna stop playing mountain-man and explain why you kept this from us? Why don't I jog your memory?" Hayley asked as she holds up the brown leather journal.

Hayley flips to the pages as she started reading aloud "The werewolves' power can be traced back to the myth of the Unification Ceremony, a ritual that bestowed certain unique abilities onto every member of the pack."

"Do you believe this?" Hayley asked Jackson who was silent and seemed guilty.

"I didn't at first. And then Ansel swore he saw it with his own eyes. And then he dies, and I found out he was resurrected from a thousand years ago, which means he was alive to see it." Jackson explained.